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Trade shows
Trade Shows A trade show is an event where companies that are involved in a certain industry gather to exhibit their products, learn about current trends in their industry, and gain knowledge about their competitors. Trade shows provide opportunities for selling, reinforcing existing business... Read more |
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Today
TODAY. In 1952, no network television programming was scheduled earlier than 10:00 a.m. (EST). NBC president Sylvester "Pat" Weaver created Today with the idea that people might watch TV early in the morning before going to work and sending their children off to school. The two-hour show,... Read more |
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chart
chart term referring to maps prepared for marine navigation and for air navigation. All charts show, in some convenient scale , geographic features useful to the navigator, as well as indications of direction, e.g., true north (the direction of the geographic North Pole), magnetic north (the... Read more |
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Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney Born: November 30, 1929 Phoenix, Arizona Former president, Children's Television Workshop Armed with a degree in education and a knowledge of the power of television, Joan Ganz Cooney changed how young children learn. Before she helped start Sesame Street, the few... Read more |
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Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein Pianist, singer, archivist Collected Records, Met Ira Gershwin Began Performing, Made First Album Style Emphasizes Music, Charm Selected discography Sources Show music aficionado Michael Feinstein is acclaimed as one of today’s brightest young cabaret artists. A popular... Read more |
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Marilyn Miller
Miller, Marilyn [née Marilynn Reynolds] (1898–1936), actress, singer, and dancer. The unquestioned queen of Broadway musical comedy in the 1920s, the tiny, delicate‐featured blonde beauty was only five years old when she became a member of her family's vaudeville act. She toured... Read more |
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Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett , 1936-, American television performer, b. San Antonio, Tex. Beginning her show-business life as a singer, she soon turned to comedy. After starring in the off-Broadway play Once upon a Mattress (1959), Burnett achieved success on television as a regular on The Garry Moore Show ... Read more |
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Samuel Plimsoll
Samuel Plimsoll , 1824-98, English reformer. Plimsoll was particularly interested in the welfare of sailors. As a member of Parliament (1868-80) he secured legislation limiting the loading of ships. It required that a line be painted on the sides of all British merchant vessels to show the limit of... Read more |
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altimeter
altimeter , device for measuring altitude. The most common type is an aneroid barometer calibrated to show the drop in atmospheric pressure in terms of linear elevation as an airplane, balloon, or mountain climber rises. It shows height above sea level, but not above such land features as hills,... Read more |
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AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU: NAVY HONORS MONTEL WILLIAMS FOR SUPPORTING SAILORS,...
...recognition of sailors, Marines and their families...all sailors and Marines, will air in...Montel Williams Show" before it goes...what sailors and Marines sacrifice, something...enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1974...annual holiday shows in his ... |
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FLEET WEEK SAILORS, MARINES, COAST GUARDSMEN ATTEND 'THE VIEW'
...Element - East Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen...the ABC talk show The View, May...episode being taped featured guests Chris...Approximately 3,000 Sailors, Marines and...area to meet Sailors, Marines and...capabilities of today's maritime... |
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CNFK HONORS TOP SAILORS IN KOREA
...the best Sailors on the Korean...the 2005 Sailor of the Year...The banquet featured CNFK Sailor...and Junior Sailor of the Year...as other Sailors of the Quarter...thanked retired Marine Sgt. Maj...the Junior Sailor of the Year...what these Sailors do, ... |
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY LIVES ABOARD USS TARAWA
...Nearly 400 Sailors and Marines attended the ceremony, which featured music, dances...Sailors and Marines in attendance...part of the show was the Dr...embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary...the Navy and Marine Corps team...Sailors and Marines embarked ... |
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MONTEL WILLIAMS' SUPPORT FOR SAILORS RECOGNIZED WITH SUPERIOR PUBLIC SERVICE...
...recognition of Sailors, Marines and...what Sailors and Marines sacrifice, something...been with the show since the first...would be a fun show celebrating their...very bittersweet today. Everybody has...Montel Williams Show." "He (Williams...annual holiday shows. ... |
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SAILORS KEEP PEACE, SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.(LOCAL)
...aware of than the sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft...remain there today, marking the...planned a talent show for Christmas...Brenda Bradley, featured some familiar...Navy's ``sailor phones'' and...helps keep their sailors in touch with...unfamiliar area, sailors ... |
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FRIENDS, FAMILY OF USS HARRY S. TRUMAN'S CREW SEE OCEAN FROM SAILORS' POINT...
...Public Affairs Sailors on board the...family on board today so they could...of what our Sailors and Marines do on a daily...ship and to show the friends...The event featured live concerts...demonstration, which featured F/A-18s... |
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY STEEL BEACH ENTERTAINS, INFORMS TIGERS
...worked as a team today; they did an...entertained Sailors, Marines and Tigers with...cultural diversity show. The event featured various dances...multicultural shows as often as...date." The show was held on...entertaining, the show was also educational... |
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SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE FATHOMS O' FUN IN PARADE
...Det. Northwest Sailors from Naval Base...in this parade today," said Luis...and volunteer today because it gives...parade float featured veterans, Coast Guardsmen, Marines and Sailors assigned to Naval...plus years and show them respect... |
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FORMER SKINHEAD, MARINE 'STRHATE TALKS' COMBAT CENTER
The U.S. Marine Corps issued...Combat Center Marines, sailors and civilians...him to join the Marine Corps in January...second year in the Marine Corps, he tattooed...has also been a featured guest on over 50 syndicated talk shows around the world...to give people today is ... |
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